At the Audiovisual Technology Group of Ilmenau University of Technology, Institute for Media Technology, Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, there is an opening for a Full-time researcher / PhD candidate position, to be filled starting Jan. 1st 2021, for an initial period of 3 years. The research topic is “Audiovisual Communication in Mixed-reality Environments”. The opportunity will be given to pursue a PhD (“Dr.-Ing.”). Remuneration is provided according to the applicable tariff for German Federal States public service (TV-L). Your Activities The position is part of a joint project in cooperation with other scientific groups at TU Ilmenau, from its Thuringian partner network and from other universities across Germany. The project investigates how people communicate with each other when using AR/VR/MR technology in multi-person scenarios, also in comparison to face-to-face conversations. Further, it will be investigated how the underlying AR/VR/MR systems need to be improved in order to achieve the most realistic live communication possible. The joint project thus addresses research questions relating to audiovisual technology and AR/VR/MR system realization, human perception, behaviour, interaction, communication and quality evaluation. The project results achieved by the candidate are supposed to be the basis for a doctoral dissertation pursued at TU Ilmenau. Besides the research, you will assist in organizational and self-administration tasks to an extent typical for researchers at German universities. Your profile * University degree in one of the fields of media technology or corresponding engineering or natural science subjects, such as electrical engineering, computer science, neuroinformatics, computer linguistics or physics * expertise in one or more of the following areas: Audio/video/multimedia technology, speech processing, telecommunications / network technology, digital signal processing, statistical analysis procedures, implementation / analysis of empirical studies * good knowledge in at least one of the programming languages and tools: Python/C/C++/ MATLAB, Unity/Unreal, or similar * knowledge in areas such as pattern recognition, machine learning, conversation analysis or modelling of perception and/or cognition is a plus * interest in multidisciplinary research at the interface between technology and human perception * very good communication skills, commitment, enthusiasm, independent working style as well as initiative and team spirit * at least good proficiency in English, high proficiency in German (written and spoken) Research group The Audiovisual Technology Group of the Institute of Media Technology (IMT) is part of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. TU Ilmenau carries the certificate “TOTAL E-Quality” and explicitly asks female candidates to apply. In case of equal qualification and suitability for the position, disabled candidates (German: “Schwerbehinderte”) will be employed with priority. Please send your application with the typical documents (including CV, study certificates, two to three possible references) to alexander.raake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, until Sept. 30th 2020. The full job offer can be found here. A German version is available here. Further information can be obtained from me directly. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Raake
Audiovisual Technology Lab Institute for Media Technology Technische Universität Ilmenau alexander.raake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Tel. +49-3677-69-1468 http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/en/audio-visual-technology/ |